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Ethno-Religious Violence in Indonesia: From Soil to God

By Chris Wilson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
0415453801, 9780415453806, 9780203928981
LCC
DS646.67 .W55 2008
Open Library ID
OL10207333M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2571909 bytes)
Series
Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Edition
1
Pages
256\257
Topic
Religion
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Ethno-religious violence in Indonesia illustrates in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict. From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in North Maluku, Indonesia, saw the most intense communal violence of Indonesia’s period of democratization. For almost a year, militias waged a brutal religious war which claimed the lives of almost four thousand lives. The conflict culminated in ethnic cleansing along lines of religious identity, with approximately three hundred thousand people fleeing their homes. Based on detailed research, this book provides an in depth picture of all aspects of this devastating and brutal conflict. It also provides numerous examples of how different conflict theories can be applied in the analysis of real situations of tensions and violence, illustrating the mutually reinforcing nature of mass level sentiment and elite agency, and the rational and emotive influences on those involved. This book will be of interest to researchers in Asian Studies, conflict resolution and religious violence.

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